"Gosh" brought up a topic that is usually discussed in hushed tones: Why is it that more interracial couples are African-American Males with Caucasian females and not the other way around?
My argument would be that Black men are glared at by some from each culture for choosing out of their respective cultures but the Black women are openly chastised; sometimes fiercely!
When people who have problems with interracial dating/marriages see the Black man with a White woman, Blacks, both male and female, are reluctant to criticise them to their face - possibly fearing the reaction of the male as a figure more apt to take vehement offense to the intrusion!
On the other hand, in public, Black females tend to to be non-confrontational to the Black female and her White lover but very vocal! What we call "Loud-talking", voicing an opinion to nobody in particular but loud enough for the couple to hear!
When those who are aquainted with and are opinionated about a Black woman who has a white mate, they may, privately, circle her like jackels until she puts her foot down! Something the Black male does not have to suffer to a large extent.
Interestingly, when Blacks who do not condone race-mixing outwardly are faced with siblings or relatives who take a mate out of their own culture, they tend to be what we call "stand-offish"! During extended family gatherings, they will be cold and distant until they realize that they are isolated in their beliefs within the family dynamic! Then, "Amy" or "Hal" [how's THAT for stereotyping
?] are "OKAY" because they're one of "us"!
So, in summary, I would argue that BM w/ WF is more prevalent than BF w/ WM because of the pressure on the Black female not to, supposedly, "betray" her race!
It's no different, racially, than it is, ethnically! How many Eastern European Jewish women do you find with Irish Catholic men? Who knows! One can not tell, as easily, from across the street!
Thank gawd, love is colorblind!!!!
One Dragon's opinion!
The next seminar will examine: Make-up generalization: Caucasian Women - heavily; African-American Women - lightly! What's that all about?" [me puts tongue-in-cheek]
